Create users in the Clerk Dashboard
Create users using the Clerk API

Create users

There are two ways to create users in Clerk: through the Clerk Dashboard or using the Clerk API.

Create users in the Clerk Dashboard

To create users in the Clerk Dashboard:

In the top in the Clerk Dashboard, select Users.
Select Create user.
Enter the required user details and select Create.

Create users using the Clerk API

To create users using the Clerk API, you can use the createUser() method from the users sub-api of the clerkClient instance.

Next.js

Express

cURL

app/api/create-user/route.ts

import { clerkClient } from '@clerk/nextjs/server'
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'

export async function POST() {
  try {
    const client = await clerkClient()

    const user = await client.users.createUser({
      emailAddress: ['test@example.com'],
      password: 'password',
    })
    return NextResponse.json({ message: 'User created', user })
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error)
    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Error creating user' })
  }
}

create-user.ts

import { clerkClient } from '@clerk/express'

app.post('/createUser', async (req, res) => {
  const userData = req.body

  try {
    const user = await clerkClient.users.createUser(userData)
    res.status(200).json({ message: 'User created', user })
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error)
    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error creating user' })
  }
})

terminal

curl 'https://api.clerk.com/v1/users' -X POST -H 'Authorization:Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY' -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{
  "email_address": ["test@example.com"],
  "password": "my-secure-password"
}'

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Last updated on Jan 21, 2025

Create users

Create users in the Clerk Dashboard

Create users using the Clerk API

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